What if Tai and Sora spent their first time alone together and shared their first kiss?
Me, writing an entire drabble out of this because this didn't seem headcanons-y enough? No. Maybe.
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First Kiss
Tai stared down at his hands, firmly in his lap, and tried not to look to his right. Why oh why had his mother and father decided now was the time to go take Kari to the doctor?
In passing, Tai had mentioned that Kari was sick, and Sora had promised to come over and visit her. He hadn't realized she would actually do it, even though he knew Sora well enough to know that of course she would, this was Sora, but still!
Of course, the moment Sora visited, his parents decided to leave so they could take Kari to the doctor and make sure she was alright. Now they were alone, and boy, was it awkward. Of course, he'd been alone with Sora before, but not alone alone. Not like this. Not at all like this. What did one do when left alone like this with a girl like Sora?
"So, um," Sora began, and Tai glanced at her out of the corner of his eye. "I hope Kari's going to be okay."
"I hope so, too. She gets sick pretty often, but not like this." Tai scratched the back of his head, his worry for his sister outweighing his panic at being alone with Sora. "But I think she'll be okay. She's a tough one."
"It's sweet how worried you are about her. You're a good big brother, Tai." Sora smiled at him, and he tried to fight the blush that rose to his face. She let out a giggle, so she definitely noticed the redness. Please let a hole open up and swallow me.
"W-well, she's my sister. Of course I'm going to be worried about her. She means the world to me."
Sora leaned closer. "And you're a better brother for it."
"I-I am?" he stammered, trying not to lean back as she leaned closer. Alarm bells went off in his head. Something was happening here, and he wasn't sure how he felt about it.
"Yeah. It's one of the things I admire most about you, Tai."
"You admire me?" His voice didn't just crack, did it?
"Yup."
At that moment, she closed the distance and pressed her lips to his.
The child in him wanted to move away, but the part of him that had always felt so warm around Sora didn't want to. So he listened to the latter, closing his eyes and trying not to tense up awkwardly. And when she moved away, blinking open her eyes to stare at him, he could do little more than give her a really stupid smile. "Uh..."
She stood up really fast, holding her hands fast to her sides. "I should go. See you at school, Tai."
Like the wind, she took off, and Tai was left sitting there wondering if he'd done something wrong. Did my breath stink?
He would be pondering this for at least a few hours afterward.